Middle East Studies Minor Description

The minor in Middle East studies at Northeastern is an interdisciplinary program, drawing on courses in international affairs, political science, history, philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and modern languages. The program provides a foundation of knowledge in the Middle East & North Africa (Arab World, Israel, Iran, and Turkey) as well as to enhance students' understanding of European and American interactions with this culturally diverse and politically important region of the world.

Students are expected to take advantage of any of the following experiential education opportunities: study abroad programs in Egypt, our partnership with Hebrew College, and the "Dialogue of Civilizations" programs (faculty-led summer programs) in Egypt, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel and Palestine.

Grant News

Middle East Center and International Affairs Program win coveted US Department of Education "Title VI" grant to create Middle East Studies Major at NU. See NU Voice story by Susan Salk.

EVENTS

The Program in Cinema Studies, Middle East Studies Program, Middle East Center for Peace, Culture, and Development, Jewish Studies Program, and the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies at Northeastern University present:

THE MIDDLE EAST: FOCUS ON ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

Thursday Oct. 23, 7-9 pm Camp David: 30 Years Later, with Yoram Meital and Rami Khouri. Moderated by Denis Sullivan,Room: 20 West Village F

Thursday, October 30, 3-4:45 p.m. Israeli/Palestinian Film Series (4): Screening of Under the Domim Tree [Etz Hadomim Tafus] by Eli Cohen (1995, 102 min.) Room: 90 Snell Library

Monday, November 10, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Boston Jewish Film Festival event on campus: lecture/presentation by Guy Nattiv and Erez Tadmor Room: Amilcar Cabral Center, West Village F

Wednesday, November 19, 12-1:30 p.m. Lecture by Larry Lowenthal, Looking back/looking Forward: the Israeli State/the state of Israel Room: 20 West Village F

Thursday, November 20, 3-4:30 p.m. Screening of Encounter Point by Ronit Avni and Julia Bacha. Room: 168 Snell Engineering

Wednesday, December 3, 12-1:30 p.m. Denis J. Sullivan, Director, Middle East Center. Topic: Next Steps toward Peace in Palestine and Israel. Room: 425 Shillman